Environmental and genetic variation factors of artificial insemination success in French dairy sheep

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 979-986

  David, I ^a   Robert Granie C ^a   Manfredi, E ^a   Lagriffoul, G ^b   Bodin, L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Institut de l'Elevage   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Dairy sheep; Environmental variation; Fertility; Genetic parameters

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 44949193945     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002152     Document Type: Article

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